British Airways Enhanced Catering Reaches London Gatwick

11th December 20198th April 2020 James 0 Comments

The enhanced catering that British Airways introduced at London Heathrow in late 2018 has now made it around the M25 to London Gatwick Airport.

Rolling out today on all flights, the “re imagined” meals feature (depending on route and season):

Club Europe

Hampshire ChalkStream trout gremolata, roasted new potatoes, fennel and dill sauce

Poached free-range egg, grilled halloumi, potato and red onion hash, spiced beans

Spinach and ricotta ravioli, cherry tomato sauce, bocconcini, basil pesto

Severn and Wye smoked salmon blinis, crème fraîche, keta caviar

Seared fillet of cod, lemon and chive linguine, tomato basil sauce

Club World

Starters

British cured Cumbrian ham, smoked aubergine purée, basil pesto

Roasted heirloom winter squash, goat’s curd, caramelised pear, honey and Tewkesbury mustard dressing

Main Courses

Seared fillet of cod, butter beans with saffron, crispy chorizo, smoked paprika

Ale-braised feather blade of British beef, chive mashed potatoes, horseradish dumplings, Chantenay carrots

Pan-friend Parmesan polenta, wild mushroom ragoût, wilted greens, savoury walnut granola

First

Onley Oak ribeye steak with vine cherry tomatoes, baby watercress and beef jus

Roasted monkfish with tadka dal, pickled carrots, curry leaf and mustard coconut sauce

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This is the latest development in continuously improving our catering. We’re incredibly proud of this new offering, and we hope our customers enjoy it as much as we have enjoyed developing it.
Carolina Martinoli, British Airways’ Director of Brand and Customer Experience

Of interest, is that catering at Gatwick will be provided by Newrest. Flights at Heathrow are catered by Do&Co.

Whilst the press release mentions all long haul cabins will feature the new catering, there is a rather large caveat in it. Euro Traveller (short haul economy) passengers will still have to pay up to experience the M&S on board catering. Even on the 4+ hour sectors to Paphos.

In addition to the new catering, British Airways are in the process of refurbishing its fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft that fly out of Gatwick. These feature updated World Traveller and World Traveller Plus seats, along with updated in flight entertainment.